Leading trainer for the fourth successive year in Galway, champion trainer Willie Mullins continued in sparkling form with a double in Cork yesterday, highlighted by the easy win of odds-on favourite Pravalaguna in the featured Joe Walsh Memorial Hurdle.

Paul Nicholls is doubly represented intoday’s feature, the thetote.com Galway Plate, and the leading British trainer, who won this race in 2008 with the Ruby Walsh-ridden Oslot, can take the €177,000 winner’s prize with the JP McManus-owned Modus.

Laois manager John Sugrue has named an unchanged side for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC fourth-round qualifier against Cork.

Tom Barron was the hero of the hour as Waterford ended a 13-year wait for a Munster championship win at Fraher Field last night.

For two meetings so close to Cheltenham, Gowran Park and Naas host two decent cards this weekend. The Kilkenny venue is first up and From Eden can follow up last week’s success when he lines up for the second division of the Xenon Security Handicap Hurdle.

Young Munster lifted the Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup at Musgrave Park for an eighth time in a thrilling final against Cork Constitution.

Basking in glorious sunshine, punters, holiday-makers and locals all enjoyed great racing at the annual Courtmacsherry Strand Races at the scenic west Cork seaside village yesterday.

CARLOW IT claimed the IRCU Division 1 title with a very impressive 30-17 win against Athlone IT at the CIT campus, Bishopstown yesterday evening.

STEVEN DINAN emerged as the PBC hero when his beautifully-arced injury-time conversion earned his side a replay after a splendid Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-final at Temple Hill yesterday.

FOUR of the seven Guild of Agricultural Journalists awards, which Health Minister Mary Harney presented at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, were won by Irish Farmers Journal contributors.